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Covid-19: ‘Eye of the storm’ lockdown warning as cases rise – BBC News
Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the NHS is under “very serious pressure” and warns people to stay home.
Flexing the coronavirus lockdown rules could be fatal, the health secretary has warned as hospital admissions soar.
Matt Hancock did not rule out strengthening current restrictions and told the BBC’s Andrew Marr the NHS was under “very serious pressure”.
It comes after almost 60,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the UK on Saturday and the number of deaths after a positive test passed 80,000.
Scientist Prof Peter Horby warned the UK was in “the eye of the storm”.
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